Saturday, August 27, 2016

Hi Beth here with my last post ocean project post. This month the challenge has been ocean/seashore and I've been having so much fun with the stamps that go along with that theme. Last month there was a challenge to make an exploding heart card using a Summer theme. I decided to make it my own personal challenge.

My regular card stock was too heavy and I didn't get nice folds so I decided to go with construction paper that a friend gave me several years ago.

First I made a collage of different ocean photos I had taken to use for my cut out hearts. I didn't want to waste paper by printing out individual prints and wasn't sure what portion or photos I was going to use. I decided to cut a heart out of the sunset photo for the front and took a scrap of the construction paper to stamp and emboss the mini hearts on.

For my hearts I used a heart stencil for tracing them onto my prints after I decided what sections I wanted to use. After cutting the hearts out the fun began. The umbrella is stamped on plastic from a page protector and colored with sharpie markers on the back. The adhered with Tombow adhesive. It is the only adhesive I've found which will not show adhering down plastic or vellum. The starfish is stamped on deli paper and colored with a pencil on the back side. The flip flops and chair were stamped on pattern paper.

It took me longer to figure out how I was going to do this project than to actually do it. I left my heart at the ocean.

Before closing today I want to thank the owners of Just For Fun Rubber Stamps for allowing me to be a Design Team Member this last year. It has been a pleasure working with the unique and excellent quality stamps. I also want to thank our fearless leader Roni who did a great job of keeping us all on track. Please next month give the new design team members a warm welcome.

Friday, August 26, 2016

Happy Finally Friday to you all! Keeping in the beach and sand in our toes spirit, I had to make a manly birthday card. I have a grandpa who was a sailed a Pelican boat. That is a type of small sail boat. So I though this would make a great birthday card for him. Now I just have to go make another one so I can keep one and send him one. Lol.

This is my last card and post with Just For Fun Stamps. I have had such a wonderful time with you all and with the JFF Design Team. I will miss you. I have a few new things up my sleeves for new adventures in my world, but maybe I'll get to come back and join these ladies again. You can always find me at my blog. Pumpkinhallow.blogspot.com

Thursday, August 25, 2016

As I mentioned before I have been binge watching YouTube card techniques. I tried one of the fun techniques I watched with this card. Actually it was done with watercolors, but I did it with ink pads & sponges.

Pick your stamp & sponge colors on the cardstock anticipating where the stamp will fall within the colors. The stamp, Tropical Sunset (G1442), made it pretty easy. I added more Sand (C413) & a Crane on a Pier (C3636). The Sentiment 3 (UMS7020) stamped & added with pop dots.

Another flat card, well almost flat, but again I built a story with the stamps. Simple, but fun.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Hi everyone Beth here and I know it is not Saturday and a regular day for me to post but I've been having so much fun with the beach theme challenge that I couldn't help myself when I saw an open day. Originally I was going to use a photo I took of sunset at the beach but alas it was such poor quality printing it out. So my next choice was this one with lots of sand.

I was going to print this on tissue paper but alas the print head needed cleaning so I got streaks. Not sure that the print head was thoroughly cleaned I went ahead and printed it on copy paper and adhered it to cardstock. With my cutting machine I cut my frame out of a scrap of calligraphy paper. I thought the color and pattern of aged paper would go nicely with the photo. May your day be filled and the Beach Umbrella were stamped with Stazon ink on deli paper. The umbrella and sand were colored with colored pencils. I have in my stash copper spiral paper clips and thought it would be fun to fasten them on the corners.

There is still time to enter the challenge. I hope you will join in the fun I would love to see your creations.

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Seahorses look graceful ... don't know if they are or not but they are unique creatures of the sea. for this card ... no you're not see double there are two cards but both the same ... I did a reverse mask ... sponge in some colors. you are asking why those colors ... well ... these colors came to me while I was having dental work done. at the dentist she gives me "shades" to wear so the over head light isn't so bright ... during the procedure my eyes teared a little and when I looked at the light these are the colors I saw ... purple, orange and yellow so I thought why not make a card so I did a couple of days later. now back to the card, after sponging the colors I did a little stamping with the same color inks inside the circle. also stamped the seahorse with black ink inside the circle with the mask in place then removed the mask and stamped more seahorses. stamped the sea kelp ... added a few crystals for bubbles ... layered stamped piece on lavender note card. will stamp a sentiment when I know who I'm sending this card to.

Monday, August 15, 2016

I
am one of those people that absolutely love the look of Zentangle, but I really
do not always have the time to create it myself.If this describes you, then make sure you
check out all the Stamptangle images in the Just For Fun online store, including
many new ones.

The
Stamptangle Dolphin is featured on today’s card. I had so much fun coloring it with my Zig Clean
Color Real Brush Pens on watercolor paper.I did the same with the Stamptangle Water Splash and then cut them out
to create the splashes at the bottom.

I
had a little fun with the background.I stamped
the Circles Background on top of decorative cardstock and heat embossed in white.This gave it some great color with a bubbly
look.

Don’t
forget about the Just For Fun August Challenge with the theme of “Sand in Our
Toes”.It’s all about the ocean and
beach.You have until Wednesday, August
31st to enter your creation for a chance at a JFF Gift Card.

Saturday, August 13, 2016

This month the challenge is beach/seashore and Just For Fun has all kinds of stamps for that theme. I fell in love with the seahorse and because there are three different sizes you could actually create a family. Here is my creation using the large one. I had so much fun putting together this underwater scene.

I started by airbrushing with Spectrum Noir markers the water and sand bottom. On the sand bottom I took a sea shell stencil and liquid gold paint and stenciled the shells.

Then I painted paper designed for acrylic paint with green metallic paint. Then cut out my vegetation using Spellbinders Corner Sprig dies.

The seahorse is stamped on deli paper and then colored on the back with color pencils.

After adhering everything down I adhered clear plastic that I randomly dotted with Dimensional Magic. I used Tombow glue to adhere the plastic and you have to really look hard to see where I put the dots of glue at.

I hope you will join in the fun. Would love to see what you create using the theme.

Friday, August 12, 2016

Happy Friday! I am back with a fun Sand in your Toes themed card for you today!

It's been very hot here again. I am not fond of triple digit weather. It can go away now. But it does make me wish I was at the beach. So thinking those happy thoughts, I came up with this cute flip flop card. Stay Cool and craft!! That's my motto for these hot days.

Supplies Used:

Just For Fun Rubber Stamps: E3619 Flip Flops & UMS7018 Sentiments 1

Ranger Archival Ink- Jet Black

Tombo Markers - 272, 823, 933, & 133

Stickles- Star Dust

Card Stock

Don't forget to join Just For Fun Rubber Stamps's August Challenge, Sand in Our Toes. There are great prizes to be won!

Thursday, August 11, 2016

We live near the Oregon Sand Dunes & they are beautiful. This week's card is a homage to our dunes.

I sponged in the "sand dunes" & stamped sand over them. I added the beach fence & grass. A beach is not a beach without a seagull swooping down.

Now this card is very different than any other card I completed over the past year. Can you all tell me what it is? OK, I'll tell you...it's flat...no fussy cut on this card. Yep, all I did was sponge & stamp a beach scene & I love how it turned out!

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Hi everyone. I have my August Challenge card here today. This months is "Sand In Our Toes".

I just love the beach, the sand and all the fun shells you can find on the beach and the smell of the ocean. I would love to live near the ocean full time. I hope to do that in the next 5 years. Come on Lotto!! Then I could get the house by the ocean and a large craft room or separate studio!

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Play on words here because I did a resist technique on these two cards. they look much better in real life. the same technique except one is just brown ink and the other is three different color inks. so let's get started with this resist technique: 1. ink card with whatever color (dye ink pads) or colors you want. 2. stamp images with VersaMark ink. allow to dry on it's own or use a heat gun. 3. over stamp a couple of the images with white pigment ink. 4. brush on perfect pearls to a couple of the white pigment images. 5. heat emboss the sentiment and you are done.

Monday, August 1, 2016

For many of us this time of year is hot hot hot...so we decided to spend the month at the beach and feel the sand between our toes! But we have two ways to play...you can take your inspiration from the photo collage or create a beach themed card using the card sketch. Either way, the choice is yours.

Before we get to the design team inspiration let's congratulate July's winner (drawn at random)....that winner is....Janett Ray from Janett's Stamping Place and her creation Cabin in the Woods.

Congratulations Janett!

Please e-mail me at ronijj at gmail dot com.

Thanks to all those who participated in our Christmas in July Challenge!